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A couple hours after I had read Tanya's note, she showed up at my door. She brought bags of food with her and went straight to the kitchen, but after she gave me a kiss hello of course though. She started cooking right away, and refused to let me help. She said she wants to cook this entire meal for me to show she's better than Carmen.

So while she cooked I told her I accepted her offer to accept her gift, but she would tell me what it is. She said she wants to wait until after I ate to tell me. I may not want the gift, but since I already accepted it, I really want to know what it is; so I ate as fast as I could. Tanya had different plans though, she made sure to ask questions while I ate, so that since I had to answer it ended up taking me over an hour to finish eating. The whole time Tanya had a smirk on her face because she knows I really want to know what the gift is.

Finally after dinner, Tanya had the whole kitchen cleared up before I could even start to complain about her doing the cleaning. She didn't even eat anything and did all the cooking, I should have at least cleaned, but Tanya insisted. When that was all done, Tanya and I sat in the living room, which I appreciated.

With Edward, we would always go to my room to hang out whether Charlie was there or not, which at the time I was okay with. With Tanya, I like how she's being respectful of my privacy and staying in the living room not my personal space. She's waiting for me to invite her, instead of assuming I'm okay with it.

"So, what did I agree to?" I asked, trying my best not to sound nervous. Tanya's laughter told me I failed at it; though it did earn me a small kiss so I can live with this failure.

"You'll love it, I promise." Tanya said a bit smugly.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I thought a lot about it; actually most of my time went into thinking about it." Tanya told me as I leaned slightly forward in anticipation of her telling me. "If I wasn't spending time with you, hunting or barely trying to keep my job, I was thinking about this gift. I wanted to think of the best gift I could and I think I found it." Tanya said, sounding a little nervous, which is very rare for her.

"What is it?" I asked, actually getting a little excited about what it might be.

Tanya opened her mouth to answer, but then quickly shut her mouth again. Her face took on a suddenly sad look and it confused me. I thought we were having a good time.

"Charlie is driving down the street, I can hear his car. I'll have to go before he comes in." Tanya said.

I felt my face drop and the news also. I swear I love Charlie, but now he's getting in between me and spending time with my girlfriend. I'm not liking that at all.

"Can't you just hide in my room?" I asked with a bit of hope in my voice.

Edward did all the time, that's how we got to spend so much time together. I doubt Charlie would just let me hang out with my math teacher, though it would be nice.

"I'm not going to be a secret Bella." Tanya said with an authoritative voice that let me know she wasn't backing down on this.

The only thing is, is that I wasn't planning on having her be a secret. I just want to spend more time with her and I can't do that with Charlie here because he'll kick her out and probably try to get her in trouble. Stupid laws making students safe by not letting them hang out with the teachers outside of school. Didn't they ever think that one of their teachers might be a vampire and found their other half in a student and would want to spend time with them? I guess not, but they should have.

"I don't want you to be one." I said, trying to match her tone of voice, but I'm fairly positive I failed miserably at it.

"Your dad will know about us when the time is right. I'm not going to be hiding around in your room or sneaking around Charlie to be with you." I was about to bring up what she did tonight, but she beat me to the punch. "Tonight was a one-time exception because I needed to know what your answer was right away to get my plans in place." Tanya answered, sounding very sure of her-self.

"Really?" I asked, my voice thick with sarcasm. With all the money I'm guessing they have, just based off their house, the items in said house and the cars I've seen, they probably have as much money as the Cullen's if not more. I mean they make Carlisle look like a kid with how old they are, they were bound to pick up and keep and eventually sell some artifacts.

"Okay, fine. I'm allowed at least one moment of weakness aren't I?" Tanya said a bit sheepishly.

This was the time I heard Charlie pulling up into the driveway.

"I'll leave out your window, Charlie won't know I was ever here." Tanya said as she stood up.

I followed her actions and stood with her. I pulled her into a quick embrace and leant in very close. I was a breath away from kissing her and it seemed Tanya was about to move in for the contact, but I spoke before she could.

"What are you getting me?" I asked with a smirk.

She gave a quick kiss before answering me.

"First, you're horrible at teasing and I find that you leave no choice but to give you better examples. Secondly, when you weren't looking I left a clue for you on your bed. I'm sure you can figure it out." Tanya said. She pulled me in for another quick kiss, and then disappeared from sight as I heard the front door open.

"I'm home Bells, sorry I had to work late." Charlie said as he came into the house.

The little jerk face. She can't make a big deal about picking out the perfect gift and acting nervous about me liking it and then not tell me! That's got to be against some sort of rule someplace. If it wasn't for the fact that I didn't want to seem rude to Charlie, since he has no idea what he just ruined, which I'm still not sure I'm not mad at him for yet, there's no reason to take it out on him.

"It's no problem Dad. Anything exciting happen?" I asked, silently hoping for a quick conversation and I'm pretty sure I know just how to make sure it is.

"Not at all, just needed to make sure enough people were there in case there was." Charlie said as he dropped his gear in its' normal spot.

"That's good that nothing bad happened. Did you eat yet?" I asked.

It was well after dinner time, but knowing Charlie he probably ate as soon as he found out he had to work and was hungry again. He'll lie and say he didn't eat and that he'll either order out or eat any left overs in the fridge. Sure enough, before he answered, I heard the fridge open from my still standing position in the living room.

"Not yet, I think I'll order something. Did you want anything?" Charlie asked.

Smart man Charlie; see what your options are before making a decision. I guess what's in the fridge doesn't interest him at all… for now.

"No thank you, I ate already. I actually I'm just going to go to my room and finish my homework then I'll just go to sleep." I said.

I did most of my homework before Tanya came over, but there is still a little left that will take all of fifteen minutes if that, I could even do it tomorrow if I was feeling really lazy. I'm only saying this so that I can have the perfectly normal escape to my room to see what clue Tanya left.

"Okay kiddo, have a good sleep. I'll see you tomorrow." Charlie said as he grabbed the phone to order food.

"Thanks dad, you to." I said as I walked as calmly and normally I could while I tried to get to my room as quickly as I could.

I think this might be the first time I've ever been really excited about getting a gift. I was never this excited about getting something from Edward even after he told me all about how much thought he put into his gifts. Yet the moment Tanya said she put a little effort into this gift, I find I really want it.

Lying peacefully on my bed was a folded paper tied to elegant looking rose. How does Tanya sneak this stuff past me? I grabbed the rose and smelled it, as I expected, it smelled like Tanya, which is amazing. I kept sniffing the flower as I read the front of the note. It simply read: 'Sorry, remember I love you'

Because that doesn't make me nervous at all. I quickly opened the note and read what she wrote.

I often find that the best gifts are received when either they are unexpected or have been long anticipated for. Since you are already aware that I'm giving you a gift, the only hint I can give you is this:

Surprise

With all my love;

Tanya

"Ugh!" I yelled at my empty room.

After explaining to Charlie I yelled because I accidently stubbed my toe and nothing more or less, I did all my bed time rituals and eventually went to bed. If it wasn't the fact that I know Tanya was only doing this so that I can enjoy the gift more when I get not to be mean, I would have gone to bed mad. But how can someone go to bed while being made at Tanya? I believe, no I know that's impossible, it just can't happen.

I woke up to my alarm the next day. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. I had forgotten all last night about what Irina had done for me, which I'm not sure if I should thank her just yet. I'm curious to see if Sarah shows up to school or not, and if she does how will she act around me?

Just like every morning I had school, I lazily got ready, not really afraid that I'll be late. I mean, the school year is almost over, even if I fail my finals I'll still pass. Granted, I won't have the best grades, but I'll still pass. I have The Cullen's leaving me to thank for that. If wasn't for that I wouldn't have been such a zombie only doing school work that I wouldn't have as good of grades I do now so if I wanted to, I can slack off. Not that I will, but the option's there and that's what counts.

I parked in my usual area. The spot I would prefer was already taken, but I didn't park too far from it. I easily spotted my group standing around a randomly placed bench. I slowly made my way over to them, trying to calm my own nerves. Zach and Grace weren't avoiding looking at me anymore, almost like they have forgotten the whole thing about them ratting me out to Sarah.

Sarah, she looked scared and nervous, but she was putting up a good front. I don't think I would be able to tell if I wasn't looking for it. I could just barely tell she kept looking at from the corner of her eye. She randomly would look around, almost like she was expecting someone to show up from thin air. She seemed like she was trying her best not to seem jumpy.

Now I just have to see if Irina's threat, or whatever she actually did, worked. I only know way to test it, so here goes nothing.

"Sarah, did you finish your math homework?" I asked during a lull in conversation.

It's not a very out of the ordinary question. It's been asked plenty of times given that the sexy teacher happens to be very strict with the homework policy. Trust I know firsthand. This also kept up the pretense that I was still under the impression that she was blackmailing me and the others don't know about it. It's the perfect set up to see if Irina worked.

"Um, y-ya, I did. Thank you." Sarah said. She started off stuttering and nervous sounding, at the end she sounded like it was the vile thing she could have said. I didn't think thanking someone would be that hard, but Sarah just proved me wrong.

It took all my will power to not give a victorious grin at her answer. Instead I just nodded, gave a small confused look that she ignored. I still had to keep her thinking that I had no idea that a vampire threatened her after all and. Then I joined into another conversation that had started up.

I think these last few weeks of school won't be that bad now that I don't have to worry about Sarah being an ass and I get to see Tanya on a daily basis.

A/N: Just so you all know: the Cullen's will be making their appearance, sort of, in a couple chapters or so.